... Law School. Newton claimed he studied law to become a better burglar. He was arrested several times for minor offenses while still a teenager and he supported himself in college by burglarizing homes in the Oakland and Berkeley Hills area and running the "short change" game. In 1964, at age 22, he was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to six ... marketing this propaganda became "as popular among white radicals as antiwar buttons with peace signs."" The hype of the Free Huey movement perhaps was represented best at the Oakland rally held in his honor on February 17,...

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